Start (command)
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| Operating system | OS/2, Microsoft Windows, ReactOS |
| Type | Command |
In computing, start is a command of the IBM OS/2,[1] Microsoft Windows[2] and ReactOS[3] command-line interpreter cmd.exe[4] (and some versions of COMMAND.COM) to start programs or batch files or to open files or directories using the default program. start is not available as a standalone program. The underlying Win32 API is ShellExecute.
The command is also one of the basic commands implemented in the Keyboard Monitor (KMON) of the DEC RT-11 operating system.[5]
The TOPS-10[6] and TOPS-20[7] operating systems also provide a start command. It is used to start a program in memory at a specified address.
Other environments
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START command of RT-11SJ displayed on a VT100.- Typical Unix shells (bash, etc.) have no built-in registry of file types and associated default applications. Linux command-line tools with similar functions include
xdg-open[8] andrun-mailcap. - On Cygwin, the command is implemented as the
cygstartexecutable.[9] - In PowerShell, the
Invoke-Itemcmdlet is used to invoke an executable or open a file.[10] - On Apple macOS and MorphOS, the corresponding command is
open.[11] - On Stratus OpenVOS it is
start_process.[12]
Syntax
Windows, ReactOS
start
"title" Title of the window.
Path Specifies the startup directory.
I Use the original environment given to cmd.exe, instead of the current environment.
B Starts the command or program without creating any window.
MIN Starts with a minimized window.
MAX Starts with a maximized window.
WAIT Starts the command or program and waits for its termination.
command Specifies the parameters to be given to the command or program.
Examples
Windows, ReactOS
C:\>start notepad file.txt
C:\>start "C:\My Music\My Song.mp3"
C:\>start www.wikipedia.org
See also
References
- ^ "JaTomes Help - OS/2 Commands". Archived from the original on 2019-04-14. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
- ^ "MS-DOS and Windows command line start command".
- ^ "Reactos/Reactos". GitHub. 3 January 2022.
- ^ "Start". Microsoft Learn. 2021-11-12. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
- ^ "Rt-11 Help File". Archived from the original on 2018-07-17. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
- ^ TOPS-10 Operating System Commands Manual (PDF). Digital Equipment Corporation. August 1980. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-08-09. Retrieved 2019-02-17.
- ^ "TOPS-20 Command manual" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-08-09. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
- ^ "XDG-utils".
- ^ "cygstart man page on Cygwin". www.polarhome.com.
- ^ "Start - Start a program - Windows CMD - SS64.com". ss64.com.
- ^ "Shell Commands/Open - MorphOS Library". library.morph.zone. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
- ^ Stratus Technologies Bermuda, Ltd (2017). "OpenVOS Commands Reference Manual" (PDF).
Further reading
- Kathy Ivens; Brian Proffit (1993). OS/2 Inside & Out. Osborne McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0078818714.
- Frisch, Æleen (2001). Windows 2000 Commands Pocket Reference. O'Reilly. ISBN 978-0-596-00148-3.
External links
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